Let’s assume for the moment that the operator “[ A B C D …] > [ I J K L … ]” indicates the use of a veiled existential threat by the set [ A B C D … ], composed… Read more…
Archive for Image
The Squid and the Whale
A man and a woman sit upon the shore. They love one another so deeply, and finding no such love anywhere else, they decide, in that place, to stay together, with grains of sand washing away beneath them. The stars twinkle overhead, appearing… Read more…
Screenplay: Absolute Value
In the beginning… Some people say Money is Power. Everybody says Time is Money, but Math is Money, too, baby. There are even some people who say E equals m c squared, a relation between the energy in a given… Read more…
Arabic Calligraphy
Counterclockwise from bottom-right (image has been mirrored and flipped upside-down and recopied by some unknown stranger): Cow, Elephant. Mouse, Dog, Spider.
Hard-up, Creeped-out Cookie Monster.
“GIVE ME YOUR COOKIES” Cookie monster stopped by my house today and started using my computer. He thought he was in a café/bakery and went bananas, just flailing his arms and shouting at the computer. Here’s a description of… Read more…
Biosymmetrical Mathematical Evolution of Forms, with Incidental Applications
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The most inadvertently sexy math problem in existence, if I may say so myself. [link removed](Don’t worry, it wasn’t explicit, just low-quality). If you’re… Read more…
Factorial Layered Networks (NSFW)
I have recently been exploring line drawings of discrete factorial layered networks with limitless applications, and some exciting corollaries. The basic concept involves drawing vertices on a piece of paper and connecting them with line segments in such a way that… Read more…
Dividual Hypothesis
If a person was cut into little pieces, could the person then collect multiple disability checks? Say, for example, I got cut in half and both halves survived thanks to resuscitation. Would I get two payouts, one for each half?… Read more…
Inherent Virtue
In his dialogue with Laches, Socrates attempts to overcome a pedagogical dillema. He is asked by a friend to train a student in the finer points of virtue. But can someone really teach another person to be virtuous? Socrates makes… Read more…
Geometry is Flippin’ Sweet
Using necessity and universality to explain the physical world can be problematic. Universality is founded on an individual’s experiences over multiple instances. For example, a naturalist may observe a colony of squirrels on multiple occasions. Each time the squirrels are… Read more…
Irrational Numbers Are Stupid and Do Not Exist
In this post, I will be making the claim that all numbers are rational. Please excuse the math, and try to follow along if you can. Without further ado, let us examine this idea further. 1 is rational. .5 is… Read more…
Quoth the Raven, …
If 90% of the internet went unhosted, or was replaced by dreck, would anyone notice? Just as you would never feel for thirst if faced with the loss of half an ocean of freshwater, the internet is so big that… Read more…
Oh, Green World…
I would like to take a moment to promote biodiversity in ecosystems and compassion towards all living creatures, because beauty in life comes only from nature. While humanity’s attempts at creating art can be said to be beautiful in a more subjective manner, the… Read more…
A Mathematical Deconstruction of Friendship
You: (A), me: (B), us: (A) ∪ (B), we: ((A) = (B)) & ((A) ∪ (B)), it’s getting weird: (((A) = (B)) & ((B) = (A))) & ((A) ∪ (B)), fate to be determined: (((A) = (B)) & ((B) = (A))) & (((A) ∪ (B))… Read more…